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Planetarium History

Books:

Star Theatre: The Story of the PlanetariumWilliam Firebrace
Reaktion Books, December 2017

Theaters of Time and Space: American Planetaria, 1930-1970
Jordan D. Marche II
Rutgers University Press, 2005

Geared to the Stars: The Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries, and Astronomical Clocks
Henry C. King, in collaboration with John R. Millburn
University of Toronto Press, 1978

Internet sources:

Planetariums - Wikipedia article, a bit dated in terms of dome size and seating capacity (which change as new facilities are constructed), but historical information is sound. See also the Timeline of Planetariums.

"The Missing Planet" by William Firebrace, AA Files, Vol 66, Summer 2013, pp 126-44. History of the London Planetarium with overview of planetarium origins and history; includes Tussauds waxworks. Courtesy Architectural Association, London; www.aaschool.ac.uk/aafiles.

The stars at home at the planetarium of Milan, December 1956. The star projector is a Zeiss II used from 1930 to 1968, when it was replaced by the current Zeiss IV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrMQN5v8UtY

February 1964. A private planetarium built near Rimini by an Italian farmer. The neighbors thought he was building a church. The poor guy sent some 50 invites to the inauguration but only one person showed up: the tax man. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP39zIET0So

There are a few more, mostly of authorities visiting the planetarium of Rome. Audio commentary is in Italian but there's not much a planetarium professional can't understand from the images.